A true working class hero has passed away.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman was one of the greatest actors of his generation. Every role, no matter how small, was a master class in character. His presence filled the screen with personality inhabiting the people he became to make you believe their emotions.
“The Big Lebowski’s” grovelling assistant, the hypnotic arrogance of “The Master”, the devious menace of “MI3’s” Owen Davian, but above all he stirred wit and flawed humanity into every performance.
The 2 week Festival of Film starts tomorrow and to set the mood the BFI have put together a mixtape featuring music from the some of the most anticipated Films. As you’d expect, a really eclectic mix – taking in Rock n Roll through the Beatles, Francoise Hardy, Fela Kuti, Green Day and much more.
Head to this link..
http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/bfi-london-film-festival-mixtape
Public voting for the London Lifestyle Awards will be closing tomorrow so please don’t forget to follow the link below and vote for our friend Stuart Phillips whose Salon in Covent Garden is nominated for London Hair Dressing Salon of the year.
Visit his website http://stuartphillips.co.uk/ to see the excellent ‘How-to’ videos Stuart films showing his hair styling tips.
http://www.londonlifestyleawards.com/london/vote/vote2.php
On the page if you scroll down to the tenth category and after that just need to confirm your email at the bottom. Check your junk folder for the confirmation email and click on register vote.
Graduate Fashion Week took place this month and to cap it off this year the Houses of Parliament was the setting for an exclusive Fashion event showcasing the work of 2013 graduates, as well as new designs from GFW sponsors – George.
Watch on Youtube for best results
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Video Produced by Jon Neal
I-Likeitalot went to Leicester Square in London for the UK premiere of the latest Star Trek film from director JJ Abrams.
Star Trek’s rebirth came in 2009 and we’ve been looking forward to the follow-up ever since. This is one of the biggest occasions in the Summer Blockbuster calendar and the crowd was given a big turnout with nearly every star of the film including Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Benedict Cumberbatch, Alice Eve and Noel Clarke.
Writers Damon Lindelof, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and celebrity fans such as Stephen Fry, Jonathan Ross, Union J and former Pussycat Dolls star Kimberley Wyatt also made an appearance. Of course the Director JJ Abrams himself showed up to promote the film which helps put him in the top tier of directors currently working.
As if rebooting Star Trek wasn’t enough he’s been given the reigns to Star Wars Episode VII with the cast of the original trilogy returning and no doubt the biggest box of film-making toys to play with. The 2 franchises share some DNA having continually inspired and complemented each other for decades, so we think JJ Abrams is the ‘logical’ choice to take George Lucas’s baby off his hands.
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Presented by Kadian Noble, Camera & Editing by Jon Neal.
Material from Star Trek Into Darkness copyright of Paramount Pictures.
“Smoke Into Flames” is by Penelope Austin & Robert Conley who produced a track for the Star Trek Into Darkness soundtrack called “The Dark Collide” which will be available to buy this month.
We went down to Brixton market to meet Hip Hop producing duo Shem Lawrence and Lukman Shoge aka Blackmale Beats.
We’ve long been fans of their old school approach to Hip-Hop & sampling and we talked about their love of all kinds of music, their philosophy and the evolution of their name..
Welcome to our new regular feature on the Cinema Experience. Being huge fans of Film, in addition to reviewing some of the latest movies (as well as a few classics) we’ll be writing about an overlooked side of going to the cinema – the venue itself. We want to showcase the kind of places that get everything just right to make you actually want to come back rather than just cramming people into a featureless multiplex.